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Carnival without Kitchener

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February 25, 2001
By Raffique Shah

THIS year’s [2001] Carnival has been dedicated to the Mighty Sparrow (Slinger Fransisco), who, as a colossus of calypso, deserves every accolade that he has been

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Calypso dead

By Raffique Shah
February 3, 2013

Calypso, the unique art form that defined Trinidad and Tobago for a hundred years, that clever, creative combination of lyrics with rhyme and melody to haunt the living and awaken the dead, is dead. Gone to a great c

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The Story of Pan in Antigua

by Leroy “Jughead” Gordon

12393864269?profile=originalIn 1945, Antigua and Barbuda experienced a new cultural phenomenon, the steelpan, which later heralded the steelband movement, which was piloted by individuals who lived in some of the most depressed areas on the island.

In

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Sparrow through the eyes of Indo-Trinidadians

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June 01, 2001
By Raffique Shah

12395010301?profile=originalONE had to be there, meaning anywhere in Trinidad and Tobago, to understand the impact the Mighty Sparrow's "Jean and Dinah" had on calypso as an art form when The B

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NGC Sanfest 2013 Pan Ensemble Results – Semi Finals

San Fernando Arts Council
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Forest Reserve AC School                                         290

Couva AC School                                                       271

Grant Memorial Presbyterian School                         259

San Fern

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